fix(#3077): deleting a directory containing symlinked directory will delete the contents of the linked directory (#3168)

* fix(#3077) deleting a directory containing symlink file will delete all content inside the symlink

* fix(#3077): add diagnostic override TODO

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Co-authored-by: Alexander Courtis <[email protected]>

Author: alexfinger21

lua/nvim-tree/actions/fs/remove-file.lua

@@ -71,9 +71,16 @@ local function remove_dir(cwd)
 
     -- Type must come from fs_stat and not fs_scandir_next to maintain sshfs compatibility
     local stat = vim.loop.fs_stat(new_cwd)
+    -- TODO remove once 0.12 is the minimum neovim version
+    -- path incorrectly specified as an integer, fixed upstream for neovim 0.12 https://github.com/neovim/neovim/pull/33872
+    ---@diagnostic disable-next-line: param-type-mismatch
+    local lstat = vim.loop.fs_lstat(new_cwd)
+
     local type = stat and stat.type or nil
+    -- Checks if file is a link file to ensure deletion of the symlink instead of the file it points to
+    local ltype = lstat and lstat.type or nil
 
-    if type == "directory" then
+    if type == "directory" and ltype ~= "link" then
       local success = remove_dir(new_cwd)
       if not success then
         return false